Soldier killed 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

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Soldier from The 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers killed.

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that a soldier from The 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers has been killed in Afghanistan.
The soldier was killed as a result of an explosion that happened whilst on a foot patrol near Sangin, northern Helmand Province, yesterday morning, 19 July 2009.

Source: http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/De...fghanistan.htm



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Rest Easy Soldier......

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May this country never forget the great debt of gratitude owed to our Soldiers.

Lest We Forget

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We Will Remember

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We Will Remember Them.

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2ND BATTALION CASUALTIES

It is with great sadness that we have to confirm the death of Corporal Joseph Etchells of A Company, 2nd Fusiliers. He was killed in action on Sunday 19 July 2009 in the Sangin Province of Afghanistan whilst under command of 2nd Battalion The Rifles, as a member of a foot patrol ambushed by an improvised explosive device planted by the Taliban. Cpl Etchells was a single man aged 22 from Ashton-under-Lyne.

Rest Well Mate, and our thought are with the family

<Offical realease from RHQ RRF, also injured names taken out for OPSec>